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2[[caption-width-right:350:The nicest man in rock music\
3(and also possibly the busiest).]]
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5->''"A lot of nice people in rock, but he’s the nicest."''
6->''"Sometimes I get a bit unnerved by niceness because you think someone’s got an agenda, but I don’t think he’s got an agenda. And if he has, he’s playing a long game with it."''
7-->-- '''Nick Hodgson & Ricky Wilson''', from Music/KaiserChiefs, describing Dave Grohl at 2011 NME Awards
8
9David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician and multi-instrumentalist mainly known for his work as the most famous drummer of Music/{{Nirvana}} and the creator and frontman of Music/FooFighters, but he's also involved with [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder a ridiculous number of side projects]].
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11Having spent his teenage years in hard-working but little-known {{hardcore punk}} bands, Grohl's first exposure to popular attention in the world of music was as the last of several drummers for Nirvana, joining the band in 1990. Four years later, they disbanded after the death of frontman Music/KurtCobain.
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13Grohl, dealing with grief and knowing his perception in the public's mind as [[OvershadowedByAwesome just another drummer]], decided to start his own band, Foo Fighters, and is the creative force behind their output. Almost every single sound on [[Music/FooFightersAlbum their first album]] was played by him, whether it was made by drums, guitar, bass or voice. He did not intend for the band to be a long-term project and is on record stating that if he'd known it was going to last, he'd have chosen a better name. Nonetheless, the band is still going strong after two decades.
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15Grohl is also ''very'' busy with other stuff as well; while the discography below is somewhat exaggerated, it's not joking about how much he's in demand. Certain snarkers have even joked that the ''VideoGame/RockBand'' video games should be retitled "Dave Grohl Band," considering that he is or has been involved in at least ''six'' of the contributing acts (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge, Music/ThemCrookedVultures, Music/NineInchNails, Music/TenaciousD), which is more than basically everyone else on the planet. In fact, ''Rock Band 3'' has [[AscendedMeme an achievement with that very name]], which you get by beating three songs on whose recording Grohl was involved.
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17!!Discography:
18
19[[foldercontrol]]
20
21[[folder: Mission Impossible]]
22* ''Getting Shit for Growing Up Different'' (1986)
23[[/folder]]
24
25[[folder: Dain Bramage]]
26* ''I Scream Not Coming Down'' (1986)
27[[/folder]]
28
29[[folder: Scream]]
30* ''No More Censorship'' (1988)
31* ''Live at Van Hall'' (1988)
32* ''Your Choice Live Series Vol.10'' (1990)
33* ''Fumble'' (1993)
34* ''Live at the Black Cat'' (1998)
35[[/folder]]
36
37[[folder: Nirvana]]
38* ''Music/{{Nevermind|Album}}'' (1991)
39* ''Hormoaning'' (1992)
40* ''Music/{{Incesticide}}'' (1992)
41* ''Music/InUtero'' (1993)
42* ''Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork'' (1994)
43* ''Singles'' (1996)
44* ''From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah'' (1996)
45* ''Nirvana'' (2002)
46* ''With the Lights Out'' (2004)
47* ''Sliver: The Best of the Box'' (2005)
48* ''Live at Reading'' (2009)
49* ''Icon'' (2010)
50[[/folder]]
51
52[[folder: Late!]]
53* ''Pocketwatch'' (1992)
54* ''Neapolitan Metropolitan'' (1992)
55* ''Music From The Motion Picture Touch'' (1997)
56[[/folder]]
57
58[[folder: The Backbeat Band]]
59* ''Music From The Motion Picture Film/{{Backbeat}}'' (1994)
60[[/folder]]
61
62[[folder: The Melvins/King Buzzo]]
63* ''King Buzzo'' (1995)
64[[/folder]]
65
66[[folder: The Stinky Puffs]]
67* ''A Little Tiny Smelly Bit of The Stinky Puffs'' (1995)
68[[/folder]]
69
70[[folder: Foo Fighters (originally recorded songs are marked with an asterisk)]]
71* ''Music/FooFightersAlbum'' (1995)
72* ''Big Shiny Tunes'' (1996; "Alone + Easy Target")
73* ''Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 3'' (1996; "This Is a Call")
74* ''Songs in the Key of X: Music From and Inspired by Series/TheXFiles'' (1996; "[[Music/GaryNuman Down in the Park]]"*)
75* ''The Colour and the Shape'' (1997)
76* ''Tibetan Freedom Concert'' (1997; "This Is a Call")
77* ''Music From The Dimension Motion Picture {{Film/Scream 2}}'' (1997; "Dear Lover"*)
78* ''Come Again'' (released in the United States in 1998 as ''Essential: Interpretations'') (1997; a cover of Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street"*)
79* ''{{Film/Godzilla|1998}}: The Album'' (also known as ''Godzilla: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'') (1998; "A320"*)
80* ''[[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture The X-Files]]: The Album'' (1998; a new version of "Walking After You")
81* ''Steve Lamacq's Bootleg Session'' (also known as ''Melody Maker: Steve Lamacq's Bootleg Session'') (1998; "Friend of a Friend"*)
82* ''Big Shiny Tunes 3'' (1998; "My Hero")
83* ''Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 5'' (1998; "Monkey Wrench")
84* ''Film/VarsityBlues - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture'' (1998; "My Hero")
85* ''Creator/{{MTV}}: The First 1000 Years: Rock'' (1999; "I'll Stick Around")
86* ''There Is Nothing Left to Lose'' (1999)
87* ''Music From And Inspired By Film/MissionImpossibleII'' (2000; "[[Music/PinkFloyd Have a Cigar]]", with [[Music/{{Queen}} Brian May]]*)
88* ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene - Music From The Motion Picture'' (2000; "Breakout")
89* ''Cold: Live at the Chapel'' (2000; "Everlong")
90* ''WAAF: Survive This!'' (2000; "My Hero (Worcester-Firefighters Tribute Mix)"*)
91* ''99X Live X 6 - Walk Unafraid'' (2000; "My Hero")
92* ''Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 7'' (2000; "Learn to Fly")
93* ''Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 8'' (2001; "Generator")
94* ''Music from the Motion Picture Film/OutCold'' (2001; "Win or Lose"*)
95* ''Film/OrangeCounty: The Soundtrack'' (2001; "The One"*)
96* ''One by One'' (2002)
97* ''Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 10'' (2002; "All My Life")
98* ''Big Day Out Discrespective 1992-1997 / 1999-2002 The Best Of The Main Stages'' (2002; "Generator")
99* ''Big Day Out 03'' (2002; "The One")
100* ''Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2'' (2004; a cover of the Angry Samoans' "Gas Chamber"*)
101* ''Little Steven's Underground Garage Presents: CBGB Forever'' (2005; "[[Music/TheRamones Danny Says]]"*)
102* ''In Your Honor'' (2005)
103* ''Five Songs and a Cover'' (2005)
104* ''Radio 1's Live Lounge'' (2006; "DOA")
105* ''Skin and Bones'' (2006)
106* ''Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace'' (2007)
107* ''The Colour and the Shape 10th Anniversary Special Edition'' (2007)
108* ''Radio 1: Established 1967'' (2007; "[[Music/{{Wings}} Band on the Run]]"*)
109* ''Catch and Release - Music From The Motion Picture'' (2007; "Razor")
110* ''Greatest Hits'' (2009)
111* ''Wasting Light'' (2011)
112* ''Medium Rare'' (2011)
113* ''{{Film/Thor}}: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2011; "Walk")
114* ''Film/RealSteel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2011; "Miss the Misery")
115* ''iTunes Festival: London 2011'' (2011)
116* ''Sonic Highways'' (2014)
117* ''Songs from the Laundry Room'' EP (2015)
118* ''Saint Cecilia'' EP (2015)
119* ''Concrete and Gold'' (2017)
120* ''Medicine at Midnight'' (2021)
121* ''Hail Satin'' (2021) — released under the name "Dee Gees".[[note]]One side consists of covers, four of Music/TheBeeGees and one of their brother Music/AndyGibb; the other is live versions of songs from ''Medicine at Midnight''.[[/note]]
122* ''But Here We Are'' (2023)
123[[/folder]]
124
125[[folder: Harlingtox A.D.]]
126* ''Harlingtox Angel Divine'' (1996)
127[[/folder]]
128
129[[folder: Puff Daddy]]
130* "It's All About the Benjamins" single (1997; played drums in the Rock Remix)
131[[/folder]]
132
133[[folder: Dave Grohl]]
134* ''The World Premiere Of Godzilla The Album'' (1998)
135* ''Rising Son - The Legend Of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi: Music Inspired By The Film'' (2006; "Vile")
136* ''Play'' (2018)
137[[/folder]]
138
139[[folder: Earthlings?]]
140* ''Earthlings?'' (1998)
141* ''Human Beans'' (2000; drums on "Rock Dove")
142[[/folder]]
143
144[[folder: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]
145* ''[=SNL25=] - Series/SaturdayNightLive, The Musical Performances Volume 1'' (1999; "Honey Bee")
146[[/folder]]
147
148[[folder: Verbena]]
149* ''Into The Pink'' (1999; producer)
150[[/folder]]
151
152[[folder: Reeves Gabrels]]
153* ''Ulysses (Della Notte)'' (2000; drums on "Jewel")
154[[/folder]]
155
156[[folder: MxPx]]
157* ''The Ever Passing Moment'' (2000; cameo on "The Next Big Thing")
158[[/folder]]
159
160[[folder: Tony Iommi]]
161* ''Iommi'' (2000; drums on "Goodbye Lament")
162[[/folder]]
163
164[[folder: Tenacious D]]
165* ''Tenacious D'' (2001; drums on all tracks, guitar on all except "Fuck Her Gently", "Kyle Quit the Band", "Lee", "Friendship", "Karate" and the skits)
166* ''[[Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny The Pick of Destiny]]'' (2006; drums on all tracks, vocals on "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)")
167[[/folder]]
168
169[[folder: David Bowie]]
170* ''Music/{{Heathen}}'' (2002; guitar on "[[Music/NeilYoung I've Been Waiting for You]]")
171[[/folder]]
172
173[[folder: Queens of the Stone Age]]
174* ''Music/SongsForTheDeaf'' (2002)
175* ''Like Clockwork'' (2013; drums on "If I Had a Tail", "My God Is the Sun", "Fairweather Friends", "Smooth Sailing" and "I Appear Missing")
176[[/folder]]
177
178[[folder: Cat Power]]
179* ''You Are Free'' (2003; bass and drums on "Speak for Me"; drums on "He War" and "Shaking Paper")
180[[/folder]]
181
182[[folder: Killing Joke]]
183* ''Killing Joke'' (2003)
184[[/folder]]
185
186[[folder: The Bangles]]
187* ''Doll Revolution'' (2003; backing vocals)
188[[/folder]]
189
190[[folder: Probot]]
191* ''Probot'' (2004)
192[[/folder]]
193
194[[folder: Garbage]]
195* ''Bleed Like Me'' (2005; drums on "Bad Boyfriend")
196[[/folder]]
197
198[[folder: Nine Inch Nails]]
199* ''Music/WithTeeth'' (2005; drums on "You Know What You Are?", "The Collector", "Every Day Is Exactly the Same", "Getting Smaller", "Sunspots" and "The Line Begins to Blur"; percussion in "All the Love in the World")
200* ''Not the Actual Events'' (2016: drums on "The Idea of You")
201[[/folder]]
202
203[[folder: Rye Coalition]]
204* ''Chariots on Fire'' EP (2006; producer)
205* ''Curses'' (2006)
206[[/folder]]
207
208[[folder: Pete Yorn]]
209* ''Nightcrawler'' (2006; drums on "For Us")
210[[/folder]]
211
212[[folder: Juliette and the Licks]]
213* ''Four on the Floor'' (2007)
214[[/folder]]
215
216[[folder: Jackson United]]
217* ''Harmony and Dissidence'' (2008; drums on "Undertow", "Black Regrets", "Lifeboat", "Trigger Happy", "White Flag Burning", "Stitching" and "Like a Bomb")
218[[/folder]]
219
220[[folder: Lemmy Kilmister]]
221* ''We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year'' (2008; "Run Rudolph Run")
222[[/folder]]
223
224[[folder: The Prodigy]]
225* ''Invaders Must Die'' (2009; drums on "Run with the Wolves" and "Stand Up")
226[[/folder]]
227
228[[folder: Them Crooked Vultures]]
229* ''Them Crooked Vultures'' (2009)
230[[/folder]]
231
232[[folder: Slash]]
233* ''Slash'' (2010; drums on "Watch This")
234[[/folder]]
235
236[[folder: Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders]]
237* ''Red Light Fever'' (2010; vocal and guitar)
238[[/folder]]
239
240[[folder: Mondo Generator]]
241* ''Dog Food'' EP (2010)
242[[/folder]]
243
244[[folder: Michael Jackson]]
245* ''Michael'' (2010; drums on "(I Can't Make It) Another Day"... sort of)
246[[/folder]]
247
248[[folder: Norah Jones]]
249* ''...Featuring'' (2010; "Virginia Moon", off ''In Your Honor'')
250[[/folder]]
251
252[[folder: Zac Brown Band]]
253* ''The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1'' (2013)
254[[/folder]]
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256!Tropes:
257* AlternativeRock
258* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Is well known for behaving like, well, Animal from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' when he drums. To the point where he and Animal himself have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHU_3Bw72y4 drum-off]] in ''Series/TheMuppets2015''. (He also played Animool, the drummer for a Muppet tribute band called the Moopets, in ''Film/TheMuppets2011''). Ironically, Grohl has always claimed that his drumming ability is nothing special, even saying that Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins is far more talented than he is. It's thought that a lot of the attention given to Grohl's playing in Nirvana came from the fact that it was the first time the vast majority of people heard hardcore-style drumming.
259** The best direct aversion of this would definitely be his subtle, gentle drumming in "All Apologies" in [[Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork Nirvana's episode of MTV Unplugged]].
260* AscendedMeme: The subject of one. The ''VideoGame/RockBand'' franchise had the playfully derisive nickname of "Dave Grohl Band" due to featuring so many bands that Dave had been involved in. ''Rock Band 3'' canonizes it with the "Dave Grohl Band" achievement/trophy, earned by beating five songs that fit that criterion, and it's not even difficult to accomplish.
261* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dave has a well deserved reputation as the "nicest guy in rock", but if you come to his show and try and start a fight, he will [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR530bo4ceU lose his shit with you]] as one jerk found out.
262* DoomMetal
263* DotingParent: To his three daughters. After the 2012 Grammys when [[http://youtu.be/3K_xw2P6lxs?t=2m5s he was asked how he stays so grounded]], and his response was having kids who "don't fucking care that [I'm] a rockstar" and "don't give a shit" that he's in the Foo Fighters, and say stuff like "Daddy, I need a smoothie. ''Now.''" to which Dave responds "Okaaay..."
264* FunPersonified
265* GenreRoulette: His variety of styles is impressive.
266* {{Grunge}}
267* HeavyMetal: His Probot side project was Dave writing metal songs in the styles of all his favorite bands from when he was growing up, and then asking those singers to participate. Not a single one turned him down.
268* IHaveManyNames
269* IAmTheBand: The first Foo Fighters album. Probot also has him playing almost all the instruments, with the exception of lead guitar on two songs (courtesy of [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Kim Thayil]]), and bass on two others (from famous singer-bassists [[Music/{{Venom}} Cronos]] and [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]]).
270* MustHaveCaffeine: The famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhdCslFcKFU FRESH POTS]] incident, which actually landed him in the hospital at one point.
271* NatureMetal: Dave Grohl's heavy metal side project Probot has "Silent Spring", with lyrics and vocals by Kurt Brecht of punk/thrash outfit D.R.I. It's essentially a protest song ("That's not the way that I am / No") against runaway consumerism, pollution, war, and the defilement of a vividly anthropomorphized Mother Earth.
272* NiceGuy: So much his nickname is "the nicest man in rock n' roll". Many fans have stories about him that show his humility, friendliness, and generosity.
273* OneBookAuthor: A few of his side projects.
274* {{Rockumentary}}: Not only has he appeared in several, most prominently [[Music/FooFighters Back and Forth]] (2011), he is also the director of the award-winning and critically acclaimed ''Film/SoundCity ''(2013)
275* SelfDeprecation: He has always downplayed his drumming abilities, claiming in one interview that "I sit down and do an {{Music/ACDC}} beat." But as Probot proved, while he may not be overly gifted technically, he's certainly more than talented, able to play in the styles of the drummers of the bands from each singer he worked with.
276* {{Supergroup}}: Music/ThemCrookedVultures. Probot is also a collaboration with many notable singers.
277* ThrashMetal

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